A Tale of Archery at the Sanjusangendo

Synopsis

In A Tale of Archery, young, timid bowmaster Kazuma (Akitake Kôno) seeks to beat the archery record set by Hoshino Kanzaemon, a mysterious figure who, it is rumored, drove the previous champion (Kazuma’s father) to suicide. Possessed of much raw talent, Kazuma is also very much a coward, holing himself up in an inn run by the kindly Okinu (Kinuyo Tanaka) and generally avoiding confrontation of any sort. Despite his clandestine manner, enough of the locals know of Kazuma’s purpose and an attempt is made on his life. He is saved by Karatsu Kanbei (Kazuo Hasegawa), a samurai who offers to help Kazuma hone his archery skills, though it soon becomes clear that this apparently selfless stranger has several potentially shady ulterior motives.

Main Cast

Kazuo Hasegawa

Kanbei Kanzamon

Age : 76 | Popularity : 7%

Kinuyo Tanaka

Okinu

Age : 67 | Popularity : 6%

Sensho Ichikawa

Daihachiro

Age : N/A | Popularity : 3%

Akitake Kôno

Kazuma Hochino

Age : 66 | Popularity : 5%

Fumiko Katsuragi

Hoshino's mother

Age : 67 | Popularity : 3%

Haruo Tanaka

Seijiro

Age : 79 | Popularity : 9%

Unpei Yokoyama

Age : 86 | Popularity : 3%

Tamae Kiyokawa

Omatsu

Age : 65 | Popularity : 3%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Writing	Writer	Hideo Oguni
Directing	Director	Mikio Naruse
Lighting	Lighting Technician	Ko Fujibayashi
Camera	Director of Photography	Hiroshi Suzuki
Art	Production Design	Yasuhide Kato
Production	Executive Producer	Minesuke Kiyokawa
Department	Role	Name

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